


yi>> 



»» . • i.-.^' 



> j>> : 

> » r 
>■:> ? 

■0£> Z 



5 



O !&>\ 


7> J^> 


? - ;»4? 


-i-> ■■">■> 


••-_>> :> 


D 1» 


^o 


• > ^ 


3) :3 


> 23£> 


z» o 


8 J> 


;..'■>. s 


■> J2D 


Tij) |: 5^ 


?? >'<" ■ 


:jp o 


> '>> . - 


3» ^_I> 


mzm: 


m.% : 









LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, 






PRESENTED BY 



UNITED STATES OF AMEEIOA. 









7> ■ IJ| 









>a^^. 



>J)) 3.A> 



3 3 3># 5 



3 ^3> 

r> 3 ?>Z> 
3 > 
3 . 3> 
3 > 
3 3 
3 3 

J> 3 
3 > 

3 D 

:> 3 • 



>33 

> •• >j> 

>i>3 
TO 
>3J3 



3j) 

>3 
> > 

D3 

33 
OB 

33 

'33 
3 3 
3 3 

3»3 ' 
313 



^> c> 

33 

3D 
33. ■". 

33 

3 > : 

33 > 
3 3 
33 

J3 



jo i 
»" 

3>>> 

3:> ^ 

33 7 

33 " 

^> 

3>3 

3>:> 
»13 



333* 
^*33 

3 >n 



3) 

3^> 

3 3 
3 3 
>8> 

3 > 

I>3 

33 i 

> >3 

> 3 
3 '33.. 
3:3 






> 3 3 ,3 -2*^ 3» :> 3 

»3 \3 

^3* ^<':3 

§3 3*3 33 3 ^ - 

, 3 2>D '.^ 



335> 
3>D 

3)j3 



3 : 
: 
S>3 

3 > > 

:> > " 

D> 

3 3 

>^ j> s> > 

T3.i 3 3 

T>3- -3 3 

. »3'- » 3 

> 3 3 

> ^V^> ^> 

3 3 . 
3 3 ? 

3 3 : 



3 3 



^^> ' 



7)i) . 

_> »>> '■-, 
».^>3 ^-3 Z 

» *>> »2> .: 

> > >•» 

> >)B : 

2JD3 

3 >>® - >>d 

> oO- ">^3 
3 D>3> >^3 • 
j> 3» > » > >1> . 

3 3jJ 35d> 
3»ZL> 333 

> >' > 3 ) A> 
t> &7> 33 53 
>»3> 3333 
3 '3 - 3 333 



)33 3 3 .> 



/ 



THE ORTHODOX 



Missionary Society 



OF RUSSIA 



BY THE 



1/ 



REV. CHARLES R. HALE, D. D. 






PRIVATELY PRINTED. 

1878. 







Reprinted from the July number of THE AMERICAN CHURCH 
REVIEW, by the kind permission of the Editor, the Rev. Edward 
B. Boggs, D. D. 



WITH THE REGARDS OF 

THE REV. CHARLES R. HALE, D. D., 

2jg Maryland Avenue, 

Baltimore, Maryland. 



THE ORTHODOX MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF 

RUSSIA. 

Sbornilc Svaidainie o Pravoslavnich Missiach, i Daitelnosti Pra- 
voslavnavo Missionerskavo Obschestva. (Collection of Docu 
ments concerning Orthodox Missions and the Transactions of the 
Orthodox Missionary Society.) Moscow: 1872. 2 Vols. pp. 
284,484. 8vo. 

Oustav Pravoslavnavo Missionerskavo Obschestva. (Constitution of 
the Orthodox Missionary Society.) St. Petersburg : 1869. 
16 pp. 8vo. 

Otchet Pravoslavnavo Missionerskavo Obschestva. (Report of the 
Orthodox Missionary Society), for the years 1870, 1871, 1872, 
1873, 1874, 1875, 1876. Moscow: 8vo. 

Izvletchenie iz Vsepoddannaiishavo Otcheta OberProkourora 
Svaitaiishavo Synoda. (Extract from the Most Respectful 
Report of the Ober Procurator of the Holy Synod, for the year 
1876.) St. Petersburg : pp. 418, 8vo. 

Missioner, Edjenedolnoe Izdanie Pravoslavnavo Missionerskavo 
Obschestva. (The Missionary, a weekly publication of the 
Orthodox Missionary Society). Moscow : 4to. 

At the close of an article on Innocent of Moscow, in the 
Church Review of July, 1877, the writer gave a translation of a 
Pastoral Letter, in which the venerable Metropolitan announced 
his purpose shortly to call about him the members of his flock, 
that they might proceed, first asking the Divine blessing, to found 
the Orthodox Missionary Society. In due time, notice was given 
that, January 24th, 1870, the Divine Liturgy would be celebrated, 



4 The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. 

and special prayers offered, in the Uspensky Cathedral, Moscow, 
to invoke God's favor on the important work taken in hand ; and 
that a meeting of those desiring to become members of the 
Society would be held, after the services, at the residence of the 
Governor General of Moscow, Prince Yladimir Andreevitch 
Dolgorouky. On the appointed day, the Liturgy was celebrated 
by the Most Reverend the Metropolitan, assisted by both his 
Yicar Bishops, by the Archpriest A. B. Gorsky, Rector of the 
Moscow Spiritual Academy, the Archimandrite Yladimir, head of 
the Missions of the Altai, and others. A sermon was preached by 
the Archpriest A. O. Klutchareff, from the text, u Your feet 
shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace." (Eph. vi., 15.) 
We should be happy, did our limits permit, to translate for our 
readers some extracts from this admirable Missionary address. 
The leading clergy of the city, and the most influential of the 
laity were present, and filled the venerable Cathedral. An eye 
witness thus gives utterance to bis feelings, on seeing the general 
and hearty manifestation of interest : 

Glory to Ood, it has long been time for our laity, official and unofficial, to unite 
with the Church authorities in common labors for the good of the Orthodox faith and 
Church. It is time, in works of this kind, to lay aside foreign ideas, and to see 
things from the Orthodox point of view — recognizing that it is not for the Clergy 
alone to care for the Church, but to regard the work of spreading and upholding the 
truth and the Church as equally important for — equally obligatory upon — the laity and 
the clergy. Such harmonious action would bring out the true strength of the 
Orthodox Church, and be a true basis for hopes of success in all designs for her good." 

At one, p. m., those who meant to enroll themselves members 
of the Orthodox Missionary Society met in the spacious hall of 
the Governor General's residence. Among them were the 
Governor General, the Mayor of the city, and other high officials, 
both civil and military, the President of the University, etc. 
Prayers were said by the venerable Innocent, and then he 
chanted the ascription, " Glory to Thee, our God, Glory to 
Thee," and he Trisagion " Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy 
Immortal, have mercy upon us." In response, the clergy sang in 
most appropriate words, from the Liturgy of St. Chrysostom, " O 
Heavenly King, the Paraclete, the Spirit of Truth, who art every- 



The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. 5 

where present, and fillest all things, the Giver of Life, come and 
take up thine abode within us, cleanse us from all stain, and save 
our souls, O Good God." " Our Father which art in Heaven, 
etc." "Blessed art Thou, O Christ our God, Who didst make the 
fishermen full of all wisdom, sending down upon them the Holy 
Spirit, and by them hast brought the whole world into Thy net ; 

Lover of men, Glory be to Thee." 

Then the Constitution of the Society was read, after which the 
Metropolitan delivered an address, of which the following is an 
outline : 

" You have heard, my brethren, that the work of our Society is 
to labor together for the conversion of unbelievers to Christ our 
Saviour, that is, we undertake, each in the measure of his ability 
and zeal, to co-operate for the conversion to the light of Orthodox 
faith and truth, of our countrymen wandering in the darkness of 
unbelief. The task in which we wish to labor together, is, you 
see, great, holy, apostolic. 

"For desired success in ordinary works and undertakings, there 
is need, besides material resources, of reason, knowledge, experi- 
ence, ability and energy, and with these, when circumstances 
favor, we may look for success. But in the work in which we 
would now co-operate, there is a great difference. True, here also 
we need material resources, reason, knowledge, experience, ability, 
etc., but we cannot, and ought not to, count upon all these condi- 
tions as true means for reaching what we aim after, even under 
favorable circumstances. And why % Because the turning of 
men into the way of faith and truth, entirely belongs to God. 
{ No man cometh unto Me,' said our Saviour, ' except the 
Father which hath sent Me, draw him" (St. John vi., 44), and 
therefore, if the Lord, in his inscrutable decrees, do not will that 
a man or a people should turn to Jesus Christ, then the most 
skilful and most earnest agents would not have the least success 
in the work. I do not now refer to the example of men, even of 
the Apostles, but to Jesus Christ, Himself. . Who could set forth 
the truth, and persuade to the acceptance of it, better than He, the 

1 AM, the Word, Incarnate Love? But how many of those who 
heard and listened to Him, went away with hearts unchanged ! 



6 The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia, 

What then is there for us to do ? How shall we act when, in our 
country, the harvest is so great — there are so many not converted 
to Jesus Christ ? Pray to the Lord of the harvest. He Himself 
teaches us this. So the first of all, the greatest of all, our needs 
is Prayer. If in our ordinary work we pray to God at the 
beginning for His blessing on our undertaking, and during its 
continuance for His support and strength, here prayer is no 
longer a help, but, in the work of Christianizing, it is the means, 
and a most effectual means. Without prayer, no success is to be 
looked for, even under the most favorable circumstances. So 
not only must the missionaries pray, but we also, who would 
co-operate with them, must show our co-operation by prayer. And 
for what shall we pray ? In the first place, that the Lord of the 
harvest would send forth laborers into His harvest. In the second 
that He would open the hearts of those who hear the word of the 
gospel. In the third place, that He would increase the number of 
the members of our Society more and more, and lastly, that He 
would confirm and strengthen in us the desire we now feel to 
labor together for the end in view. For then we shall co- 
operate in good desires, in good words and in gifts according 
to our ability, which, although they may not be great in them- 
selves, will yet be accepted by Him who said, ' Whosoever shall 
give * * a cap of cold water only in the name 

of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his 
reward.' (St. Matt, x., 42). We may thus give in the name of a 
disciple, when we give to our missionaries." 

The reading of the Constitution of the Orthodox Missionary 
Society, has been mentioned. The writer, who had designed 
translating some extracts from from it, begs the reader's permission 
to lay it before them in full, for besides that it gives a better idea 
than any description could of the organization of the Society, he 
thinks that many of its provisions deserve careful consideration 
from us at this time. It as follows : 

Constitution of the Orthodox Missionary Society. 

1. The Orthodox Missionary Society is established under the 
high patronage of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress. 



The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. 7 

2. The Orthodox Missionary Society, acting on the basis of the 
present Constitution, is placed under the high direction of the 
Holy Synod. 

3. The President of the Orthodox Missionary Society is the 
Metropolitan of Moscow. 

4. The work of the Society is under the direction of the Council, 
meeting at Moscow under the Presidency of the Metropolitan of 
Moscow, and of Committees established in the See-cities under the 
Presidency of the Bishop of the Diocese. 

Remark : The Presidency of the Committees in those See-cities 
where there are now, or where there are hereafter appointed,Vicar 
Bishops, may be delegated, at the discretion of the Bishop of the 
Diocese, to a Yicar Bishop. 

5. The Orthodox Missionary Society shall yearly eommemorate 
SS. Cyril and Methodius (the Apostles of the Slavic Races), on 
the day set apart for this by the Orthodox Church, May 11th. 

I. Object and Work of the Society. 

6. The object of the Missionary Society is to co-operate, on the 
basis of this Constitution, with Orthodox missions, in the work of 
bringing to the Orthodox faith those not Christians living in the 
Russian Empire, and confirming the new converts in the truths of 
our holy faith, and in the duties of the Christian life. The Society 
is, in the first place, to assist missions in Eastern Russia, but as 
means are supplied its aid may be afterward extended to other 
parts of the Empire. [Foreign missionary work has since been 
taken up.] 

Remark : On account of the existence of the "Society for the 
Propogation of Christianity in the Caucasus," approved by 
the Emperor June 9th, 1860, the work of the Orthodox Mis- 
sionary Society shall not be extended to the Caucasians or the 
Trans-Caucasians, 

7. The Missionary Society, inciting and developing among 
Orthodox Christians an active co-operation for the attainment of the 
end set forth, furnishes material aid for the assistance and support 
of missionaries, for the establishment and maintenance of mission 



8 The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. 

churches, schools, hospitals, etc., and also for the printing of 
books suited to the comprehension and spiritual needs of the 
heathen, and co-operates with the missionaries in removing every 
sort of impediment to mission work. 

8. The Missionary Society, aiding whenever there is need, in 
sustaining missions and the various institutions connected there- 
with, does not go beyond this to direct them in their ecclesiastical, 
scholastic and administrative concerns. 

Remark : In case of the unsatisfactory condition of any mis- 
sion, it is left to the President of the Society to make preliminary 
inquiries in regard to it, from the President of the Committee of 
the Diocese in which such mission is situated, and then to take 
further steps in a lawful manner, at his discretion, for the correc- 
tion of the evil. 

9. The establishment of, and changes in mission stations, the 
erection of mission churches, schools, etc., as also the designation 
of missionaries to them, do not belong to the Missionary Society, 
but are entirely under the control of the diocesan authorities. 
If help be asked for these things of the Society,this may not be 
given without previous consultation between the ecclesiastical 
authorities and the Council of the Society. 

10. If the Missionary Society, on the basis of reliable informa- 
tion received of trustworthy persons, or in other ways, sees that 
there is need for opening a mission in a place where there is none 
as yet, and that from the means in hand it is practicable to do so, 
the Council of the Society, after consultation with the authori- 
ties of the diocese in which it is proposed the mission should be 
set up, will refer the whole matter to the Holy Synod for its judg- 
ment thereon. 

11. The organization of new mission stations, in their various 
arrangements, and likewise the building of churches, schools and 
like institutions are entrusted, under a commission from the 
Society, to special persons chosen by the Society ; or, in case of 
need, to members of the mission, on mutual agreement, each time, 
with the proper diocesan authorities. 

12. The Missionary Society will render, according to its judg- 
ment, and in the measure of its means, material aid towards im- 



The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. 9 

proving the manner of living of the converts. Should any 
philanthrophic persons desire, through the Missionary Society, to 
make special offerings for the needs of the new converts, the 
Society will receive such offerings, and forward them according to 
the will of the donors. 

13. The Missionary Society, with a view to improving the manner 
of living of the converts, accustoming them to work suitable to a 
settled life, may ask the co-operation of capitalists known to it, or 
from its own funds make an arrangement, suitable to the local 
circumstances, for industrial institutions and farm schools, in con- 
formity with the regulations determined upon in such cases. 

II. Membership in the Society. 

14. The Missionary Society is made up of persons of every 
rank and condition, and of both sexes, and consists of honorary 
and active members. 

15. The class of honorary members, in accordance with the 
ratification of Her Imperial Majesty, the Patroness of the Society, 
consists of (a) members of the Imperial family who are minded 
to show sympathy in the work by accepting such a position ; (b); 
persons who are entitled to special recognition on the part of the 
Society for co-operation in its work, either by their influence, 
through their high position in Church or State, or by their ex- 
perience in mission work, or by unusually large offerings toward 
the funds of the Society. 

16. The active members of the Society consist of those persons 
who are willing to pledge towards the funds of the Society not 
less than three roubles yearly. 

Remark : There are counted among the active members, clergy 
who, as followers of the Apostles, the first missionaries, can, if 
they wish, be active members of the Society, although they do 
not make a money offering to it, showing their co-operation with 
the Society in this matter, by good words in behalf of mission 
work, by complying with the requests of the Council or of the 
Committees, or even by their simple concurrence, and without 
departing at all from their regular work. But the right to speak 
and vote at the General Meetings belongs only to those clergy 



10 The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. 

who, being in such way active members of the Society, engage 
to make a yearly offering to its funds. 

17. The members of the Society may, in place of a yearly offer- 
ing, make a donation at one time, of which the annual interest 
shall be equal to such offering. 

18. The honorary members (Sec. 15, Bern, b.) receive diplomas 
signed by the President of the Society. The active members, if 
they desire it, receive certificates signed by the President of their 
Committee, or, if at Moscow, by the Yice-President of the Council # 

III. Rights and Duties of Members of the Society. 

19. All male members of the Society, except those of the 
clergy who, accepting the position of active members, do not 
undertake to make an offering to its funds, (Sec. 16, Rem.) enjoy 
the right to speak and vote at the General Meetings, and are 
eligible for election as members of the Council, or of Committees, 
or as Treasurer. 

20. Every member of the Society, besides making pecuniary 
offerings in the measure of his ability, is expected to use his best 
endeavors to increase the funds of the Society, and the number 
of its members. He can also communicate to the Council, or to 
Committees, his views of measures affecting the interests of the 
Society. 

IY. Funds of the Society. 

21. The funds of the Society consist of (1) the annual offerings 
of members, (2) donations of money and useful articles, and (3) 
offerings (a) by means of boxes, whether put in the churches for 
the Propagation of Christianity, or furnished by the Society, in 
different places, with the sanction of the proper authority, and (b) 
through subscription books or lists, given to members of the 
Society. 

22. Gifts made instead of a yearly offering (Sec. 17) constitute 
the fixed capital of the Society, and donations, the objects of 
which are not definitely stated, are put to the reserve capital. The 
interest on both the fixed and the reserve capital may be appro- 
priated to current expenses. 



The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. ll 

23. All payments, collections, and offerings, in regard to which 
a committee of the Society has taken no action, belong to the 
general funds of the Society, and can be expended only for the 
missionary work. 

V. The Council and General Meetings. 

24. The Council, under the Presidency of the Metropolitan of 
Moscow (Sec. 4), consists of two Vice-Presidents, and of members. 

25. One Vice-President is appointed by the President, from his 
Vicar Bishops, the other is chosen by the Society, every two 
years, from the laity. The First Vice-President, in the absence 
of the President, takes his place, and attends to the current work 
of the Council. 

26. The members of the Council are twelve in number, of 
whom four are appointed by the President, the remaining eight 
are elected at the general meeting, all serving for two years. 

27. Every member of the Council has the right to resign his 
position before the end of his two years' term. 

28. The Council has a Treasurer and Secretary. The Treasurer 
is chosen by the General Meeting, for two years, and serves 
gratuitously. The Secretary, chosen and dismissed from office by 
the Council, receives a compensation corresponding with his labors 
and the means of the Society. 

Remark 1 : In case of the illness or temporary absence of 
Treasurer or Secretary the presiding officer of the Council shall 
entrust the discharge of the duties of such person to one of the 
members of the Council. 

Remark 2 : Clerks may be hired by the Secretary, and recom- 
pensed at the discretion of the Council. 

29. The Council shall meet not less frequently than once a 
month. 

30. Questions shall be decided by a majority of votes, the pre- 
siding officer having the casting vote in case of a tie. 

31. For the transaction of business by the Council, there is 
required the presence of a presiding officer, and of at least half 
the members of the Council. 

32. The Council, as the Central Body, gives direction as to the 



12 The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. 

work of the Committees in reference to the objects of the Society. 

33. The Council receives full information of the doings and of 
the means of the Committees, as also of the needs of the missions. 

34. The Council, when the list of expenditures is determined 
on. shall proceed to make payments accordingly, from its own 
means, or from those of the Committees, (Sec. 23), without wait- 
ing for the approval of the yearly estimates, but after the first, 
only after approval by a General Meeting. 

35. The Council deliberates upon questions and proposals 
brought before it by committees and members of the Society, and 
after considering the matter either gives a decision, or, if so minded, 
refers it to the next General Meeting. 

36. The Council recommends (Sec. 15, Rem. 5) to the General 
Meeting the names of persons it deems worthy to be honorary 
members, and gives diplomas to those chosen to be such. 

37. The Council confers with the Government, and with other 
institutions, either directly, or, when necessary, through the Ober- 
Procurator of the Holy Synod. 

38. Concerning matters requiring special attention, the Council 
at a fitting time expresses its opinion for the high consideration of 
the Imperial Patroness of the Society, through the Ober-Procurator 
of the Holy Synod. 

39. It appertains to the Council ; (a) to decide on ways of 
procedure in the management of the account books and the 
keeping of the funds ; (b) to assign to the members of the 
Council their several duties ; (c) to invite to their meetings 
persons not of their number, or to establish special commis- 
sions for the examination of questions requiring special informa- 
tion, and (d) to print, as to them may seem best, from time to 
time, appeals for offerings, minutes of their meetings, and infor- 
mation as to the condition and work both of the Society and of 
missions. 

Remark. Drafts for sums belonging to the Society, deposited 
in Credit Institutions, the depositing and transfer of such sums, 
require the signature of the presiding officer, and of two members 
of the Council ; other papers are signed, according to their 



The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. l«> 

nature, by the presiding officer and one member of the Council, 
or by one of these. 

40. The Council has its seal, with the design of the Holy 
Gospels and the Holy Cross surrounded by rays, and this inscrip- 
tion, " The Seal of the Council of the Orthodox Missionary 
Society." 

41. The Council enjoys the right of franking its correspondence, 
and packages sent by it, observing the regulations established by 
law (See Code of Laws, 1857, Vol. II. p. 205, Vol. XII. p. 369). 

42. The Council each year publishes a report of the condition 
and doings of the Society and of the Missions, for the year past, 
and also presents such a report, with its estimates, to the Annual 
Meeting. 

General Meetings are held yearly. There may also be extra- 
ordinary meetings. Such are called by the Council — notice being 
given in the journals, or in other ways, it being also stated what 
questions are to be discussed. 

44. The Annual General Meeting is held in May. The extra- 
ordinary meetings at such time as the Council may think need- 
ful. 

45. At the General Meetings, the President of the Society, or, 
in his absence, one of his Vicar Bishops, as Vice President, 
presides. 

46. At the General Meeting there is (a) read the Annual Eeport 
of the Council, (b) The estimate of expenses for the ensuing 
year is considered and approved, (c) There are chosen from among 
the members of the Society, suitable persons, with full authority, 
to audit the financial part of the Annual Report of the Council, 
(d) An election is held for Second Vice President, for members 
of the Council, for a Treasurer, and for Candidates for membership 
in the Council, (e) Persons nominated by the Council (in con- 
formity with Sec. 5., Rem. 6, and Sec. 36), to be honorary 
members of the Society, are then elected, should the Society see 
fit, to such position, (f) Questions and measures are discussed 
which have been brought forward by the Council, by Committees, 
or by other members of the Society. 



14 The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. 

Remark. The propositions of Committees and of members of 
the Society, are brought before the General Meeting only after 
preliminary examination by the Council. 

47. Questions in the General Meeting are decided in the way 
mentioned in Sec. 30. 

48. The Report of the Council, with that of the Auditing 
Committee, is, through the Ober-Procurator of the Holy Synod, 
brought to the high consideration of the Imperial Patroness of the 
Society. It is also presented to the Holy Synod, and afterwards 
is printed. 

VI. Committees, and Local General Meetings. 

49. Diocesan Committees, under the Presidency of their respec- 
tive Diocesans, carry on the work of the Missionary Society, each 
within its own limits. 

50. Each Diocesan Committee shall consist, beside the Presi- 
dent, of a Vice President and members. 

51. The Bishop of the Diocese shall appoint, to be associated 
with him as Vice President, either a Vicar Bishop or a prominent 
laymen. The members of the Committee shall be chosen at a 
Local General Meeting, to the number of from four to eight. 

Remark. The heads of missions, when presented at a Com- 
mittee Meeting, shall have the same right to speak as if a member 
of the Committee. 

52. The Committee shall have a Treasurer and a Secretary. 

53. In regard to the terms of service of the members of the 
Committee, of the Treasurer, and of the Secretary, the calling of 
meetings, the rendering of decisions, and Rules of Order, the 
Committees shall be governed by regulations determined by the 
Council of the Society. 

54. The Committee shall see (a) to giving certificates to active 
members (Sec. 18). (b) To furnishing boxes for offerings (Sec. 
21). (c) To providing collection books and lists, for all members of 
the Society who are willing to have such, and are personally known 
to the Committee; and (d) to publishing monthly, in the local 
journals, a report of all offerings, and of all disbursements. 



The Or th od ox Missiona r y Society of H ussia . 1 5 

Remark. The sums gathered by the collection books or lists, 
are sent, at the time designated by the Committee, either directly 
to the Committee, or, if sent by clerical members, through their 
Rural Deans. The books or lists when filled out are returned to 
the Committee in like manner. 

55. The Committees shall deposit the sums coming to them, 
in the District Treasuries, their Treasurers each retaining on 
hand not more than one hundred roubles for current expenses. 

56. The Treasurer of each Committee shall furnish to the 
Council as ummary account of Committee funds, every four months. 

57. The Committees shall communicate with the Council as to 
the aims and interests of the Society. 

58. The Diocesan Committees within whose bounds there are 
missions, have the following duties : (a) to attend, in the way 
that may be most convenient, to satisfying the material needs of the 
missionaries and of missionary establishments, (b) To co-operate 
with the missionaries, by their mediation, in the work of Christ 
ianizing the heathen, and establishing them in the Orthodox 
faith, (c) To seek, by lawful means, to remove obstacles to the 
prosperity of the missions, acting within the limits of the Consti- 
tution, (d) At proper times, to furnish to the Council, beside the 
yearly report, information of doings or events at the missions, etc., 
out of the usual way, e. g., of the conversion of a number of heathen, 
and at the same time, for the information of those interested in 
missionary work, to print an account of these things in the local 
journals. 

Remark. 1. These Committees, together with the Diocesan 
authorities, establish according to local agreement, the detailed 
instructions defining the relation of the missions to the committees, 
and the ways of accounting with the Missions for the sums 
appropriated by the Missionary Society. These instructions shall 
be, after examination by the Council of the Society, subject to 
ratification by the Holy Synod. 

Remark. II. The giving of instructions to the Missionaries, 
relative to the work of Christianizing the heathen and building them 
up in the faith, belongs directly to the Bishops, independently of 
the Committees. 



16 The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. 

59. Each Committee has its seal, designed in conformity with 

that mentioned in Sec. 40, and with the legend " The Seal of the 

Committee of the Orthodox Missionary Society," and documents 
stamped by it shall be sent free of postage, in accordance with 
Sec. 41. 

60. The Committees, at the begining of each year, shall bring 
in at the Annual General Meeting, reports of the doings, of the 
receipts and expenditures, and of the number of members, of the 
Society, and, at the same time, copies of these reports shall be sent 
to the Council. 

Remark. The Committees established in parts of the country 
where there are Missions, shall, in their Annual Report, give 
(a) an estimate of the expenses of the Mission for the current 
year, and (b) information as to the condition and doings of the 
Mission for the year past. Such shall be sent at the same time to 
the Bishop of the Diocese, and to the Holy Synod. 

61. The Local Annual General Meetings are called by the 
Committees, and must be held not later than the beginning of 
February. Extraordinary meetings may be held at any time. 

62. In the Local General Meetings, the President of the Com- 
mittee shall preside, but in case of his absence, the Vice President* 

63. In regard to the manner of calling the Local General Meet- 
ings, the order of business, the decision of questions at -t&ese 
gatherings, the election of an Auditing Committee, etc., these 
shall be done in conformity with the principles set forth in Sec- 
tions 43, 46 and 47. 

64. The reports of the Committees shall be published in the 
local journals, and shall also be printed separately, for distribution 
among members of the Society. 

65. Suggestions as to the interpretation, or the development, of 
this Constitution, presented or forwarded by the Council of the 
Society, shall be sent, through the Ober-Procurator of the Holy 
Synod, to the Council of Ministers. 

Such being the Constitution of the Orthodox Missionary Society 
it is interesting to inquire as to its actual working. An effort has, 
we see, been made in the Russian Church, to arouse a general 
interest in the Missionary work, by the establishment of Mission- 



The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. 17 

ary Committees in the different Dioceses, and giving them definite 
work to do. How far have these efforts been successful ? This 
is a question of special interest to us at this time, when, owing in 
part, perhaps, to a change in the administration of our Missionary 
work, there is widely recognized the necessity of what to some 
has long seemed most desirable, the hearty co-operation of 
Diocesan Auxiliary Committees — to incite a more wide-spread 
zeal for missions, and to draw out, what will follow upon an 
increased interest, enlarged offerings for the Missionary work. 
There are, we may well believe, many who might be led to give 
according to their ability, who have hitherto stood aloof, and who 
are likely to stand aloof in the future, but for some such instru- 
mentality, to their own great loss, as well as that of the Church, 
and of the cause of missions. The writer is far from saying that 
a plan which may prove efficient in another country, would, of 
uecessity, work well in our own. This might, indeed, be very far 
from being the case. But, on the other hand, it cannot but be of 
benefit to us to know what others have done in endeavoring to carry 
on a work similar to what we have at heart, even if under somewhat 
different circumstances. 

Let us briefly examine the last Report of the Orthodox 
Mis^onary Society, made at the Annual General Meeting at 
Moscow, May 8, 1877. We learn from this, that the receipts of 
the Society for the previous year amounted to 111,598 roubles, 
28i copecks. 1 

Certain offerings, " For the Propagation of Christianity 
amongst the Heathen in the Empire," which have long been made 
in the Churches, are now disbursed through the Missionary 
Society. These for the year amounting to 30,100.37^ roubles, 
made the entire sum received by the Society, 141,698. 65f roubles. 
Let us analyze the receipts. Of the 111,598.28^ roubles received 
by the Society directly, 16,384.60 roubles were received from 



1 A rouble equals about seventy-five cents ; a copeck is the one hundredth part of 
a rouble. In the other sums mentioned in this article, copecks will be given as 
decimal parts of a rouble, just as we write cents as decimals of a dollar. 



18 



The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. 



interest on invested funds ; 2,214.14!- roubles from miscellaneous 
sources ; 19,984. 40|- roubles came to the Council directly ; 
73,015.13^ roubles came through the Diocesan Committees. 

These Committees have been founded, thus far, in about one- 
half the Dioceses of the Russian Church, and some of these 
among the poorest in the Church. Of the Dioceses in the 
remaining half, sending their Missionary offerings through the 
Council, are those of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Yaroslav, Kazan and 
Nijni Novgorod. Of course, it does not, of necessity, show a luke- 
warmness of missionary feeling to have no definite Diocesan 
organization for missions. In Moscow, the Council, with the 
venerable Metropolitan at its head, takes the place most properly 
of a Diocesan Committee. It may be thought wise that some of 
the neighboring Dioceses, as Yaroslav and Tver, and others who, 
if not so near, are yet in very close connection with Moscow, 
should join with it to make a strong central body. But the fact 
remains, that, of all that is given, by far the larger part comes 
from dioceses in which, but for the influence of the Diocesan 
Committees, little would, in all likelihood, be received. 

In the following list of Dioceses in which there are Missionary 
Committees, there is given, in parenthesis, the number of mem- 
bers of the Missionary Society in each Diocese, followed by the 
amount of offerings as reported at the Annual General Meeting 
in May, 1877. 



Astrachan (290), 2,859.87-^, R- 

The Don (about 500), 3,435.89 R. 
Kalouga (about 50), 632.44 R. 
Kostroma (271), 3, 928.77^ R- 
Orenburg (220), 843.63 R. 
Perm (137), 5,891.55 R. 
Samara (173), 721.25 R. 
Tamboff (239), 1,965.91 R. 
Tomsk (74), 475.62 R. 
Vitebsk (63), 233.86 R. 
Vologda (237), 1,974.96 R. 
Yakoutsk (about 110), 610.50 R. 
Kharkoff (408), 3,049.70^ R. 
Mohileff (no report, just founded). 



Blagovaischensky on the Amoor (117) 
805.81, R. 
Irkutsk (about 490), 26,522.90| R. 
Kieff (69), 1,447.10 R 
Minsk (45), 261.24J R. 
Orloff(UO), 2,398.75 R. 
Riazan (201), 1,855.65 R. 
Simbirsk (352), 1,801.06 R. 
Tobolsk (462) 3,598.83^ R. 
Viatka (138), 2,375.79 R. 
Vladimir (185), 2,550.89 R. 
Voronej (148), 1,486.71 R. 
Yenisee (about 150), 919.42£ R. 
Tchernigoff (63), 368.00 R. 



The Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia. t9 

The Diocesan Committees of the last three dioceses were 
established during the year. The members of the Society, as 
reported by the several Diocesan Committees, number in all 
5,232, those connected with the Council 2,328, the entire number 
being 7,560. The amount of the offerings have been already 
mentioned. Of the entire sum of 141,698.65f R, received by 
the Society, 15,480.75 R., were added to the Permanent Fund, 
making it in all 261,104.40 R ; 16,354.41f R. to the Reserve Fuud, 
making it 170,383.19! ; 100,659.36 R. were expended, and there 
remained cash on hand, 74,876.62! R. 

Of what was expended as above, 73,311.49 R., were appropriated 
at the Annual Meeting in May, 1876. 7,397.13! R. were special 
offerings for Japan ; 2,060.80 R., given to Missionaries, in the way 
of special relief, and 9,708.87 R, were appropriated by Diocesan 
Committees. The expenses of the Diocesan Committees amounted 
to 3,211.62! R.; those of the Council, including 880 R. for the 
traveling expenses of Missionaries sent out, to 4,969.44 R. The 
other items in this statement of expenses of the Council are, 
Salary of Editor of the Missioner, the bright weekly paper which 
is the organ of the Society, 1,000 R., Clerk hire, 1,805 R., Office 
rent, 336.37 R., Printing, 364.68 R., expenses of General Meeting, 
86.00 R., sundries, 317.94 R. 

The writer has aimed in this paper to give some account what 
the Orthodox Missionary Society of Russia is, and of what it is 
doing. At another time, please God, he purposes telling of the 
work of Russian Missionaries among heathen and Mohametans, in 
China, Japan, Turkestan, and in Eastern and South Eastern 
Russia. 

CHAS. R. HALE. 



CCcC 

CCC<^ 

■cccc 



IX c 

CC3 

.Cc 
CCC 



C CC 



CcCC C C CC(C 
cccc C CC <XCC 











cccc c 


c c c 


c c 


' < C C 


Cc c^"" 


CCi « 




.-cc Cc 


- CC '" 


4TCC ' 


ss: e c c 


'CCC 


.■ c < 


» ,,_ 


cc 


CC 


c c c 






«c*B 


EC cc^ 


«cc « 


.-<•' cc C 


c c < 


v '■" C 


CC If : 


■ cc <c « 




C C 


c«: 


:"CC « 


Oct a u C 


€CC 


CCC 


- C € ' 


c cc • € 


< & «P 


CcC « 


■ : C < 


1 C C 


C: c c ....■•« 


^"(0 -v • * c < «C 


CC:<C_ < 




; c c 


C ■ c <c ■ « 


EC" Ccc ■'. C .. . «C 


C: C 


s^c.«l 


C cc « 


r<c cc < <- < <L 


CcC < 


c< < 


cc: cc 


:c cc < 


re <c cc «kcc'c. «c 


■ cc cc 


cc < 


ice < « 


' C C C 4 


re: cc c '^cc ' c cc 


: <1::-'CC 


c: ■■<§ 


XCC <1 


cccc :-•< 


-CcC «p c <c 


^ S 


<■<:*& 


E§HE2 C 


c c: cc 


^ccccc ^Lc:c CT 


Pf 


ccc 


cc:: *s 


c CC ' 'C 


gv^wMn K~4JH 


<P5-' 


. CC 


tc r<i 


[ cc c~ 


"cr<C<.'€iC:C< 


^^ 


c i < 


ccC < 


cc c^ 


- «c*fcc oc« jrc 


j^" S- 


3 m 


cc c 


C C 


- cccc <m c « 


Cj<,c 


c <<§ 


■CC' 


C - C C CC 


. XC ccc ' 


c^ -c_ 


c ■< 

C <C 




c .,- c < c 

<Kjcc«c: 


- cc ' pELCC 

" c - ; :--': : 


- 

CCC C 


c < <z 


CC <C 




■CCCCC «C«CCC 


^c < ; '«C 


3 ■ C 


CCCC 


- <«:cc «c 


" < c <£ C<C 


«&■■■■■« 


ccstoc: 


<C£CCI 

CCCC 


ccc^ccc 

<cc.<Cc «c * 


C-C 


:c <r 


mm <c 


c <ccccc 


<CJ5C<C CfC « 


C: ' 'C 



<" C<|C«C 



I.CCC C 
cr^cccct: c 
c i c ck 



^«oc r <«cc: 



CCC 

CCC 

■CCC 



^v..^C 

^c?c <«: 



C33 
CCCC 

etc 

CCC 

CCC 

<: v - < 



ccc < 
; c^cc ^_ cccC - 

CCCC c«c exec 

« CCS.«:C(fC ^c< 

c^ c c <c -c c < 

^QC.CV'.... ' : J. :; 

^ S ' 'CCCC::. ;; C 



& c cc 
^cc ; c 

,<Cc4or' 



^ ( :^E^OC 



ccc «sz c: <c 

"C<" c C 

^ICT^cC 

^C^^C 



?cc «c ^c? 



C ' v."' 

^C^C- 

cC 

ccc Cccot- n ccc- . 

CLCJCC' <CC;C<C-C; cCr c 

SC CCC«|WcC«c 
49C_ C<mM^ 

ccccscccc 

CCCCC - C''c 

ccc : -<icc'ccipcrc(i 

c:ccc' re 

-^_ C C C^gs 

CCC_ .^C: C C CCU; cccc 
■ <JCC ^CC C C C5- ■'<fC_ 

cc 5c: cc ccccc 

"€CC" CC C ; C. CC CCC: C 

K"C C C CC CCCC 

0C(C' C'-C CCCCCc 
C CC CCC Cc 

c ■'■'.Cc ^c c 



Cccrc 



,CC- 
ccccc 

cc c: cc 

CCC: c -< 

CCC. CC <3CC 

:cc <m^- : C'C 
M:«:^C 
cc «r c - c 
ccccc ccc 

rmo &<: 

:c etc 

CCC ■ Ccc C 



ccacC 



^ CCCC- : 
'.ccc: -Cc etc 
ccc- CCCCCC 
CcC -. Cc c c 
ccC'Cc ccc 
ccc: cc c« c 
ccrccc CC 



dec 

CCC 



CC«C<KC 

C1CC: «C. CCC 



^Pc 



CcC 



ccc 
ccc 

CC 



CCC <ccc <c cc 

cccc • cc- ccc 

c cc .ccc cc 
" CcC cc cc 

c cc cc. cc 
c c c cc: c< 



Deacidified using the Bookkeeper process. 
Neutralizing agent: Magnesium Oxide 
Treatment Date: Sept. 2005 

PreservationTechnologies 

A WORLD LEADER IN PAPER PRESERVATION 

1 1 1 Thomson Park Drive 
Cranberry Township, PA 16066 



c c 

C C co <c 



C •:. 



C 

c 
c 

<: 
c 
C 

c 



acct 

C C C « 



c c c e c <: 
c c cc cc 



vasec cc 



C<5 C 



£ • Cc 
*fc c 

cac coOL; m 

<XICC<J^CM 

CCC 
<C33C<t c<^ 

«OC< 
<ror 
car 



9CL C1C 



• <sx3 cc 

ccclcc 



«Cd o.c ^ 
■«GC dCC 



cc 

• CC C'c 
CJ 

CC C4< 

(CCCCC 

. «'-CC OX 

•orccc 

. . . CC CCC 

crccc 

C<r CcC 

:. ' cc cxc 

: toe 
c 9.cc 

£ cccc 

X <C «r 
C .®CC 
C QLCC 



ccc'«i..c ccScccs 

" «\C. C GT^C< 



CC CS .Cj 

CC O C 

cfC CC C 



Cfc C 

c c 

C«c^ 

CL:CC 

ace 



C <jpccc«rc< 

r <scc<«:, cccx-« ,^- 
<C; ^C'-fi | c c '. 



C CcC C e < 

«cccv 

/<cc o-c 
C CCC o c • 

TCtC C/'C , - 



CCCC C'«;^ 

: exec 

e 

c cccc 
r CCCC <■ 

: cacc *< 

: ccccc 
1 cic 

r CCC^€T 



:: eve: 

r r crc 5L ^c:€c ; 

fc. ccc <S3:c< 

«dc ccc: <*r cc <ir 

«C <^C 1S.CC <3C 

sr : ere ^ cc^^arci 

Z CcC CCCC CJCCc 

-: ccfccrccc 
" oKcarcQc 

^, 'CC-'C CCCCt 

CC^CCcr^ 
:; ac-c cc c c <■ 



cc cc 
asccr 



,OK^CCS<33 



"1 cc ^ 

: cc 

OCCC2 

'■a c 

CCCC 
" CCCC 

E CCCC 

<X crcc 



ccc cc. 



